'Parables' in the Bible

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching,

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.

And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:

And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it;

And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.